Teduray people

The Teduray are a Filipino ethnic group. They speak the Tiruray language. There were 103,139 of them in 2010.^[1]

The Tiruray (Teduray) culture was studied at length in the 1960s by anthropologist Stuart A. Schlegel. Schlegel spent two years as a participant/observer among a group who lived in and was sustained by the rainforest. He was profoundly moved by the egalitarian society he witnessed, and went on to write several books and papers on the subject, including "Wisdom of the Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist."

Indigenous religion

The Teduray or Tiruray people believe in various spirits and deities. The most prominent deities are:

Minaden – The goddess who creates of the world, and had a brother named Tulus.
Tulus – The chief of all good spirits who bestow gifts and favors upon human beings. He goes around with a retinue of messengers called telaki. Tulus is said to have rectified some errors in the first creation of the world and of human beings. Also known as Meketefu.^[2]

References

^ "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A: Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables) - Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ The Tiruray, Grace L. Wood, Philippine Sociological Review. Vol. 5, No. 2 (APRIL, 1957), pp. 12-39

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[1] "2010 Census of Population and Housing, Report No. 2A: Demographic and Housing Characteristics (Non-Sample Variables) - Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[2] The Tiruray, Grace L. Wood, Philippine Sociological Review. Vol. 5, No. 2 (APRIL, 1957), pp. 12-39

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